The words no one wants to hear: “You have breast cancer.” Unfortunately, close to 300,000 American women are expected to receive that diagnosis each year. For many, their early reactions are fear, anger, and denial. Those feelings may escalate. Dealing with the psychological fallout of such a diagnosis can be crucial to patients’ physical recovery. As they weigh their medical options, patients also should consider their emotional and mental options.

The National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) has awarded the newly founded Association for Computing & Machinery-Women in Computer Science (ACM-W) club at Rowan University a $3,000 Student Seed Start-up Funding Award.

Rowan University geologist Harold C. Connolly, Jr. will discuss his work as the Mission Sample Scientist on NASA’s first mission to collect an asteroid sample and return it to Earth during a talk at the Edelman Planetarium at Rowan University on Wednesday, Oct. 5.

The Edelman Planetarium at Rowan University, Glassboro, is offering public shows on Sundays during the regular semester. All shows are 1 hour, which includes 30 minutes of stargazing on the University’s virtual sky and 30 minutes of immersive video on the dome screen.

The College of Science & Mathematics and the Edelman Planetarium at Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey, have scheduled a host of activities open to the public during World Space Week, Oct, 4 to 10.

Walter Burgin is there in the photograph above the southside entrance of the Barnes & Noble on Rowan Boulevard, attending a Rowan University homecoming with his son David; daughter-in-law Lisa; and grandkids Brighid, Gunnar and Pierce, painted in the colors of the day.

Its parts move no more than 2.5 miles per hour, but the equipment housed in a hangar just off Rt. 322 and 55 in Mantua Township may be the link to transportation innovation for the Garden State and the nation.